Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-25
TELEGRAPHIC.

A Preeedent fer fhe Enfshts % Labsr.
CH1ckao, March 2l.-Two weeks aeo
sbe District Assenbly Of Ire Knights Of
Labor Of which Robert NelaoB. sandt
date Of the IassE usfty for Mayor, -
member, voted go TO the GATED Labor
uaFty's general fund. In ansHsx %
protest Of the General Assembly tbs
foiIeWfuS letter has been received:
PHrLkDKLPBIk. Mares zAsh-
Secretary Leeal Astensbig 10. Chicago
The appeal Of local Asseubly - Vas
laid before the General kxac1tive
Board. and my decfsoB. b the effect
that the action takso ~ District As
eembly No. "a, in voting go 70 tte Uei.
ted Labor party. or sny other party, Vas
clearly 10 violation Of iaw and ssiab-
lished preoadens. vas arsniraOusly ap-
proved BY o ms i9rify Of the bard NO
rngney can be voted from an Assembly,
District or LocsI. for pliitisai purposes
The members Of the board pgess1t When
NV decision uas acted apen we're sll %
nv mind. They wegs Bailey, bsrFy,
Aylesvorfh, HAYES and Caylesan. Gen
efai Verify FsFennan Grifnibs ~
present also. Local Assembly 10: ~
will pay no assessments for Fogitieal
purposes. With kind rsgzfds, rsmsis,
fraterualIy years. r. '. P0wDH1L1,
General Master workman.
The District Assembly Of which Mel
son is Master workman. has member
ship Of about . COO. includinR, pFesum-
ably, men Of ell parties AZ press.
the entire machinery Of the Dislfiet
or0ar izstjop is 10 the hands ~ q raii-
cal faction, the friends Of Nelson. Toe
Immediate efsot 81 the ruling is 20 pre-
yent Nelson's supporters from IevytDa
naseasmepts on bic political
antagonists, 80 q political cal
lection AQeaey. Il is 10 the general
application, however, that the ruling V
sost interesting, for she prscedsnt e.
tablishes q definite policy for ths
Knights Of Labor wherever their organ
ixation exists.
An HnTaIid Burned.
9AH BKNARprSo, March 24.-Ge0rRe
W. spiers, an invalid residing With q
family named LsedeE. in the foot hills
on the road to Arrowhead Springs, vas
burned 20 death this mofoiDR. He kept
an oil stove Burning ell night ene "
supposed 10 have upset Il. The hoase
and all its contents we're destroyed
freight Train pset.
The west bouad freight on the South
srn Paeifis vas threwu fFom tbs track
this morning near Gotten. Nearly all
the three car loads Of cattle we're killed.
Ali trains are delayed.
Liable for the Fall AmSuBt.
San FRANoIsoo, March 2l--In the
suits brought by the State against Wm
Blanding and VIM. II. knight, ex
HaFbor Commissioners, 10 recover the
money nissppropriated BIZ john =.
Gray, ex- secFetsFy Of the HiFboF Con
mission, and other e1ployes, Judge
Hunt decided today thst the defendants
are liable for the amounts DIsssppFO-
priated. The defaleations amount to
over 100000.
Passengers Supposed 90 be safe.
A cablegram VAS received here today
dated Auckland, N. a., from +. O. John
SOD, who was a passenger on the Ger
man steamer Raiates, reported burned
AZ sea. The dispatch says that the yes
sell and cargo we're lost. No particulars
are given. From this Il il iEfeFFed % 4
all the athsrs, numbering 81, who we're
aboard the Lost steamer, are safe With
AAAs ugBAAbhs
Testimony Comp 'eted.
The taking OF testimony In she Gold
enson murder trial was completed this
afternoon, and the arguments will be
gin tomorrow.
shipping InteIligenes.
PoRT townsend, NJ srch 24.-Arriyed-
Ship Canada, from San Francisco and
proceeded 10 Tacoma IN tOw Of the tug
Tacoma.
sailed-Ship Tacoma and bark No
nantnm.
Pom ASoELKs, March 24.-Fresh west
Wind and cloudy No shipping
San FRASoIsco. March 2i.-Arrived-
Ship spartan, Seattle; snip Solitaire,
Nanaimo; bark Aareels, Tacoma.
SAiled-Sts1mer Alhi, Nanaimo; ship
Charles E. Moodey, Port Townsend.